The press in Ghana on Monday focuses on the prediction by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the Ghanaian government may not achieve its inflation target.
The Economy Times said the IMF projected that Ghana cannot achieve its inflation target of 8 percent at the end of the year, but was sure that inflation will end at 8.7 percent by the close of the year.
The prediction, according to the newspaper, has come at a time figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) for March put inflation at 9.3 percent.
The Goldstreet Business, on the other hand, focuses on the position of rural and community banks in the wake of the announcement by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) that 21 rural and community banks out of 143 are in good standing.
The Association of Rural Banks (ARB) noted that the apex bank has revealed that 21 banks are currently rated very strong in all indications and do not need any extra effort to stay strong.
The Ghanaian Times said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised chiefs and other opinion leaders to refrain from intervening on behalf of trouble makers in their communities, saying it disrupts police investigations.
The practice in the past has encouraged some people to behave with impunity, curbing efforts aimed at riding the communities of miscreants.
The Daily Graphic said some 346,000 students are expected to sit for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate (WASSCE) at 707 examination centres across the country.
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